Perspectives on Chicago Gun Violence
About the Project
The Perspectives on Chicago Gun Violence project allowed CGVRC Graduate Student Fellows to conduct interviews with key stakeholders of Chicago gun violence, gaining a diverse perspective on gun violence and organizational efforts to prevent it. CGVRC Fellows posed the following questions during the interviews:
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Could you tell us who you are?
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Can you describe your personal perception of gun violence in the neighborhood?
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What do you think generates gun violence in your neighborhood?
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What is being done in the neighborhood to address gun violence?
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Thinking of the city of Chicago as a whole – how can we prevent gun violence?
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What do we need to know to better understand gun violence?
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Are you optimistic or pessimistic that things will get better – that Chicago is on the right track?
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How does your organization help the neighborhood in general, not just with respect to gun violence?
These interviews provide an in-depth and candid perspective on gun violence from a diversity of stakeholders. The ideas expressed in the Perspectives on Chicago Gun Violence project are those of the interviewees. They do not purport to reflect the opinions or views of the CGVRC its members, or its funders.
The CGVRC was funded through support from Sinai Urban Health Institute, the Shure Charitable Trust, the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, and United Way of Metropolitan Chicago